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Ousted 'Merc News' Designer Adds Angry Farewell Images to 'Layoff' Display

NEW YORK Martin Gee, the designer laid off from the San Jose Mercury News last week who had previously created a much-linked photo display of layoff-related images from the paper, added another batch of photos to his online display since being ousted.

And these show a clear anger, with captions giving profane views of the paper and one photo of Gee offering his middle finger to the Mercury News building.

"It was to finish the project, I guess," Gee told E it's exactly how I feel and a perfect ending to this photo project and career in newspapers. I loved and grew up with the Merc. It was my dream job to work here. It was my home and family. Now, it's like I... // Editor & Publisher